Brazos County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Cyprus Watson, Brazos County, Texas, 1867
Cyprus Watson registered to vote in Brazos County on August 13, 1867. He reported 9 years in Texas, 1 of them in Brazos County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazos County registered 1,199 freedmen in 1867, 59% of its voters.
- 9 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1858
- Reached Texas
- 8 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1858 to 1870
Cyprus Watson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Cyprus Watson
- County of registration
- Brazos County
- Registered
- August 13, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 9 years
- Years in Brazos County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Brazos County
- 8 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
8 yearsCyprus Watson reported 8 years more in Texas than in Brazos County.
Other freedmen named Watson in Brazos County
- Austin Watsonreached Texas about 1861
- Richard Watsonreached Texas about 1859
- Richard Watsonreached Texas about 1848
Watsons elsewhere in Texas
Sources
This entry comes from the 1867 to 1870 Texas voter registration, the Texas Secretary of State registration lists held by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. It sits on page 29 of the Brazos County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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